Law Enforcement (LEO) Payscale in District of Columbia for 2007
The Law Enforcement (LEO) payscale is the federal government payscale used to determine the salaries of over 70% of federal civilian employees.
Like the General Schedule (GS) Payscale, under the LEO payscale an employee's base pay depends on two factors - the LEO Paygrade of their job, and the Paygrade Step they have achieved (depending on seniority or performance). This base pay is then modified based on a "Locality Pay Adjustment", which adjusts the LEO payscale based on cost-of-living in different areas within the United States.
District of Columbia has one or more Locality Pay Adjustment areas with special locality pay adjustment rates. This page lists the locality-adjusted yearly LEO pay scales for each area, with starting pay for a LEO-1 broken down by county in the interactive map.
The WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE-ARLINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV-PA General Schedule locality region applies to government employees who work in Washington DC and surrounding areas. General Schedule employees who work within this region are paid 18.59% more than the GS base pay rates to account for local cost of living.
LEO Grade | Step 1 | Step 2 | Step 3 | Step 4 | Step 5 | Step 6 | Step 7 | Step 8 | Step 9 | Step 10 |
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LEO-3 | $29,032 | $29,838 | $30,645 | $31,451 | $32,258 | $33,064 | $33,870 | $34,677 | $35,483 | $36,290 |
LEO-4 | $32,589 | $33,493 | $34,398 | $35,303 | $36,208 | $37,113 | $38,018 | $38,922 | $39,827 | $40,732 |
LEO-5 | $37,476 | $38,488 | $39,501 | $40,514 | $41,527 | $42,539 | $43,552 | $44,565 | $45,578 | $46,590 |
LEO-6 | $39,517 | $40,646 | $41,775 | $42,903 | $44,032 | $45,161 | $46,290 | $47,419 | $48,548 | $49,677 |
LEO-7 | $42,659 | $43,914 | $45,169 | $46,423 | $47,678 | $48,933 | $50,187 | $51,442 | $52,697 | $53,951 |
LEO-8 | $44,465 | $45,855 | $47,245 | $48,635 | $50,025 | $51,415 | $52,805 | $54,194 | $55,584 | $56,974 |
LEO-9 | $47,576 | $49,110 | $50,645 | $52,180 | $53,714 | $55,249 | $56,783 | $58,318 | $59,852 | $61,387 |
LEO-10 | $52,393 | $54,083 | $55,773 | $57,463 | $59,153 | $60,843 | $62,533 | $64,222 | $65,912 | $67,602 |
The Washington DC locality pay rates also apply to federal workers in the following major cities: Washington, and other areas within the region.
* For some high-paygrade workers, pay under the GS scale may be capped at $145,400 the SES (Senior Executive Scale)'s Level 4 pay for the current year (5 U.S.C. 5304 (g)(1)).
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